Though many of the deaths in the latest attacks were Boko Haram fighters, according to The Guardian, the militants specifically targeted innocent civilians: «Survivors reported that the rebels rampaged through villages slitting throats of residents, looting and burning homes and abducting dozens of trapped women and children»... (relevantmagazine.com)
[18] The report by the United Nations quotes eyewitnesses in many villages describing Arab fighters «carrying long knives used for slitting throats and skinning people». (politics.stackexchange.com)
Gosnell then slit the throat and dumped the body into a shoebox.» (religion.blogs.cnn.com)